I'm just not sure if the ambient could take so much effect on the gpu thermal.
82c in balanced fan profile
85c in max fan profile
that's a huge difference

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Temps only make sense in reference to ambient. If I say my CPU temp is 60C and my ambient is 20C, what I'm saying is that the CPU temp delta to ambient is +40C assuming no throttling. If my ambient temp was 40C, the temp would be 80C. Of course, at some point components start thermal throttling and thus expend less energy reducing the delta to ambient.

My order isn’t built and hasn’t shipped and if they don’t handle this issue I’m canceling this order.

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I ordered mine on 30th April and I still don't have mine. For the last week and a half, I keep being told by the customer service team that it'll ship in the next 24/48 hours, and that's coming from the manufacturing team. I've since logged a formal complaint and dealing with someone from the advanced resolutions team who've informed me that they are still waiting on shipment of the graphics cards, and there is currently a shortage at the moment. They themselves are waiting on shipment of a 2080 TI just for testing purposes, which was on order over a month ago. They've even been given an updated estimate for that for July.

nVidia seems to be to blame for these shortages/delays, but they still shouldn't be taking orders until those supplies are in and back orders are completed.

I ordered mine on 30th April and I still don't have mine. For the last week and a half, I keep being told by the customer service team that it'll ship in the next 24/48 hours, and that's coming from the manufacturing team. I've since logged a formal complaint and dealing with someone from the advanced resolutions team who've informed me that they are still waiting on shipment of the graphics cards, and there is currently a shortage at the moment. They themselves are waiting on shipment of a 2080 TI just for testing purposes, which was on order over a month ago. They've even been given an updated estimate for that for July.

nVidia seems to be to blame for these shortages/delays, but they still shouldn't be taking orders until those supplies are in and back orders are completed.

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I’m guessing you’re like me and are not going to cancel because of the power of this laptop?

I ordered mine on 30th April and I still don't have mine. For the last week and a half, I keep being told by the customer service team that it'll ship in the next 24/48 hours, and that's coming from the manufacturing team. I've since logged a formal complaint and dealing with someone from the advanced resolutions team who've informed me that they are still waiting on shipment of the graphics cards, and there is currently a shortage at the moment. They themselves are waiting on shipment of a 2080 TI just for testing purposes, which was on order over a month ago. They've even been given an updated estimate for that for July.

nVidia seems to be to blame for these shortages/delays, but they still shouldn't be taking orders until those supplies are in and back orders are completed.

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Here in italy it says it should be shipped within 9-11 working days if you get the 2080, otherwise 5-7 if you get the 2070...is it the same in your country? Because i have to order another one as my first one died 20days ago and my refund should arrive this week hopefully..if msi doesn't release the gt76 i guess i will give alienware another go..

You can use nvflash to lock the SPI chip from writing using -writeprotect ON|OFF. That will prevent Dell from writing new flawed vBIOS in the future. Don't do the same for Main BIOS SPI chip.

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I don't think Dell is that stupid to flash a graphics vBIOS through Windows update or through their AlienwareUpdater app. That would be absolutely comical if it were to happen. God bless those Reddit moderators then...

I don't think Dell is that stupid to flash a graphics vBIOS through Windows update or through their AlienwareUpdater app. That would be absolutely comical if it were to happen. God bless those Reddit moderators then...